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To boost production and accelerate recovery from the Covid-19 impacts, small-scale mining companies have begun the process of merging their operations into collective investment groups. The Covid-9 epidemic wreaked havoc on the mining industry. According to Narcisse Dushimimana, the Head of Mining Regulation and Inspection Department at Rwanda Mines, Petroleum …

2020 was a remarkable year for the global mining industry. The impact of the covid-19 pandemic was felt early and hard by the global mining industry through shutdowns of mines, ports and rail and other transportation infrastructure, with shipments stranded at sea or caught in port and with inconsistent restrictions …

Despite improvements in Uganda’s natural resource administration, the country’s nascent oil and gas sector, as well as mining, are still classed as weak, with expanding gaps between rules and practice, which might stymie the country’s effort for openness, according to a new index. Uganda got 49 points in the petroleum …

The 2022 edition of Investing in African Mining Indaba, originally scheduled for February has been moved to May 2022. Organisers of the event said the decision was made following extensive consultation with partners, key stakeholders across the mining value chain and government ministers. “Collectively we decided, due to ongoing challenges …

It’s possible that western Kenya is sitting on significant gold resources that have yet to be discovered. Bushiangala and Isulu villages in Kakamega County’s Ikolomani are claimed to be the rare metal’s bedrock, but people’ evident poverty tells a different narrative. Despite many years of exploration by foreign corporations that …

Alinani Precious Metals (APM), a Zambian company, has revealed intentions to establish a Sh1 billion gold processing plant on Nairobi’s Mombasa Road, aimed at artisanal miners. The gold refinery project, which will begin building in early September, will allow miners to derive value from their mineral resources rather than only …

The 2022 edition of Investing in African Mining Indaba, originally scheduled for February has been moved to May 2022. Organisers of the event said the decision was made following extensive consultation with partners, key stakeholders across the mining value chain and government ministers. “Collectively we decided, due to ongoing challenges …

Kwale County’s youth want the government to release mining royalties that Base Titanium owes them. They claim they are owed Sh6 billion, which they claim Base Titanium has remitted to the government after accruing over the last six years. The Kwale Youth Assembly (KYA), speaking in Diani, said the money …

Mr Robert Wafula pours ore onto a sluice deep in the rural village of Tiira in Busia District. “When this ore is mixed with water and poured on this sluice, the gold sediment sticks to the blanket,” Mr Wafula explains as other miners look on. Following that, he collects the …

According to Aim-listed Edenville Energy, the induction of newly appointed Tanzanian President Samia Hassan has resulted in “considerable positive sentiment in the country,” which appears to be translating into improved business confidence and action. Furthermore, the increase in coal prices, which has more than doubled in the last year to …